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“With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.” quote by Jodie Foster — Download Open image

“With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.”

Jodie Foster

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I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it right, really getting it right, the way you hope people will see it. All of the things that people love about theater - the fact that it changes every night and that it's so spontaneous -…

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But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

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Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

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